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Elsa Snack from Disney’s Frozen

November 6, 2014 by Amy Hudson

“Let it Go, Let it Go”, “Do you want to build a snowman?”, “For the first time in Forever” . . . Frozen songs have been playing in our house for months, without either daughter ever getting tired of them!  Frozen characters like Elsa and Anna are among the most popular Halloween costumes, birthday party themes, and clothing, backpack, and lunch bag designs.  I decided to surprise my little Frozen fan with a nutritious and beautiful Elsa snack!

Beautiful Elsa Snack made from Bananas, Greek Yogurt, Cheese, and Fruit.  Love!  Can't wait to try this!

Ingredients:

1 banana

1 1/2 slices white cheese (mozzarella or provolone work well)

3 T greek yogurt

1 each – blueberry, strawberry, grape

Directions:

Slice a curved banana in half lengthwise (use a curved one as opposed to a straighter one).  Set aside.  Trim cheese to an oval shape for Elsa’s face.  Use a knife to cut almond shapes for elsa’s eyes out of the cheese as well.  Place face onto plate.  Slice a blueberry in half, and place atop almond shaped cheese for Elsa’s eyes.  Slice a triangle nose along with a handful of thin lines out of remaining cheese and set aside.  Slice a strawberry in half and then cut the widest part off  of the top of one of the halves for Elsa’s mouth.  Add one banana half to the right of Elsa’s face.  Trim a small amount from the other banana half to place on the top of her head.  Next, take the thin cheese strips and arrange on top of the banana in a criss-cross pattern to look like a braid.  I used a couple of thin banana strips on the top of this Elsa’s head.

Spoon several tablespoons of greek or plain yogurt into a zip bag.  Trim off a tiny corner of the bag.  Pipe the yogurt in a circular pattern at the intersection of the two bananas to cover that and look like a flower.  Next, pipe some simple snowflakes all around the plate to reinforce the winter theme!  Finally, take a couple thin slices of grapes and place next to the yogurt “flower” to resemble little leaves.

My little Frozen fan LOVED this snack!  If you enjoyed this snack, be sure to check out our other Disney snacks as well as our movie inspired creations!

Filed Under: Disney, Elsa, Frozen, movies Tagged With: Disney, Elsa, Frozen, movies

Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Ideas

June 2, 2013 by Amy Hudson

Minnie Mouse is one of the most endearing characters in Disney’s lineup.  Sweet, kind, charming, and understanding, she is a great example for little girls to enjoy watching in their favorite movies and TV shows.  My girls love Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the Disney channel, and today we will be sharing some finger foods for a Minnie Mouse Birthday Party.

Minnie’s Bow Bites

Creative Kid Snacks: Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Food Ideas

Use little skewers or decorative plastic toothpicks (some great ones are available at the dollar store) – to serve beautiful little bows just like you might find at Minnie’s Bow-tique.  These bows are made of two strawberries and one blueberry in the middle.

Minnie Mouse Pudding Cups

Creative Kid Snacks: Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Food Ideas

Use a few drops of pink food coloring to make vanilla pudding into a pretty pink, then sprinkle some mini chocolate chips over top.  Serve with little spoons decorated with Minnie’s bow.  I just drew my own (they don’t have to be perfect), and used double sided tape to stick them in place.  Don’t want to serve pudding?  Use strawberry yogurt instead!

White Chocolate Dipped Minnie Strawberries

Creative Kid Snacks: Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Food Ideas

Melt 2 cups white chocolate chips in the microwave for 1 minute, stirring every 20 seconds, until smooth.  Add a few drops of pink food coloring.  Dip fresh strawberries in and lay onto parchment or wax paper.  Allow to chill for 15 minutes in refridgerator.  Melt 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips in microwave using the same method, and pipe little polka dots onto each of your pink berries.  Also try drawing some Minnie Mouse ears, or drizzle with thin lines for decorate look.  The amounts of chocolate listed here will yield 16-24 strawberries.

Minnie Mouse White Chocolate Oreo Cookies

Creative Kid Snacks: Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Food Ideas

Save yourself a little time and hassle by not trying to dip these delicate Minnie faces into melted chocolate!

Creative Kid Snacks: Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Food Ideas

Using a package of Double Stuff Oreos and a package of Mini Oreos, create little Minnie faces by separating the Mini Oreos into individual chocolate cookies and gently press into the white filling of the Double Stuff Oreos.

Creative Kid Snacks: Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Food Ideas

Next, melt 1 cup of white chocolate in the microwave by heating for 1 minute, stirring at 20 second intervals, until smooth.  Add a few drops of pink food coloring, and spoon into a decorating bag or, even easier, a plastic baggie with a tiny corner snipped off for an opening.  Pipe the white chocolate onto each cookie, making sure to connect the large circle on the face with the smaller circles on the ears.  This way, when chilled, the chocolate will hold the whole thing together.

Creative Kid Snacks: Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Food Ideas

Who wouldn’t love a nice treat like this?

More Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Ideas We Love

Source: TurtleMonogram via Amy on Pinterest

Source: Triple M Good Parties at Kara’s Party Ideas via Amy on Pinterest

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Filed Under: Birthday Parties, Disney, Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Food Tagged With: birthday party, Disney, Minnie Mouse, Minnie Mouse Birthday Party

Finding Nemo Snack

May 6, 2013 by Amy Hudson

Finding Nemo is one of Disney’s most beloved movies.  Even my two year old, who is scared of some of the other Disney movies at her age, likes Finding Nemo (although she does hold her sister’s hand during the shark part when we watch it at home).  We love all of the characters, including Dory, Marlin, Squirt, Crush, Mr. Ray, and, of course, Nemo.

Finding Nemo Snack

Finding Nemo: an adorable kid snack featuing Nemo and Marlin.  Visit CreativeKidSnacks.com for full directions as well as other Disney snacks!

Ingredients:

2 baby carrots

1 green grape

1 slice of cheddar cheese

1 T of yogurt (plain, Greek, etc.)

1 raisin or currant

Slice a baby carrot in half lengthwise, and lay each half on the plate.  This will be Marlin and Nemo’s bodies.  Take another baby carrot, slice in half lengthwise, and slice two triangles out of one of the halves.  Place these triangles onto the back of each body for tails.  Next, spoon a tablespoon of yogurt (I love to use plain Greek yogurt here, it’s got the most protein, and it’s actually better that it’s not sweetened, because it’s being served atop a carrot!).  Snip a tiny corner off of the bag, and pipe yogurt onto the fish’s bodies, making two stripes on the body, one on the tail, then an eye and a smile for each fish.  Finish the look by using the remainder of the yogurt to pipe little waves across the top of the plate to look like the fish are under water.

Slice a green grape in half lengthwise.  Next, slice each half into thin sections, and arrange on the plate to look like sea plants.  So simple, yet so adorable!

More Fun and Healthy Disney Snacks

Check out the other Disney snacks we’ve made.  Making your child’s favorite Disney characters using healthy foods is a great way to delight them as they eat, and encourage them to gobble up all of that healthy stuff you’ve used to make them!  Here are some examples:

Winnie the Pooh by CreativeKidSnacks.comWinnie the Pooh

 

Mickey Mouse Breakfast made from oatmeal, yogurt, and raisins by CreativeKidSnacks.com

Mickey Mouse Breakfast

 

Rapunzel from #Disney's "Tangled" - from creativekidsnacks.com

Tangled

 

Lion King Snack by CreativeKidSnacks.com

Lion King Lunch

 

Disney's "Up!" by CreativeKidSnacks.com

“Up!”

 

Mike Wazowski

 

Peter Pan Veggie Tray

 

“Under the Sea” Snack

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Filed Under: Disney, Finding Nemo, movies, snacks Tagged With: carrots, Disney, Finding Nemo, grapes, movies, Snacks, yogurt

Under the Sea

April 8, 2013 by Amy Hudson

“Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid is one of our all-time favorite movie songs.  It just gets stuck in our head every time we listen to it!

We’ve been in a bit of a whirlwind in life lately, so Sunday night we decided to veg and have a family movie night.  Our movie of choice was The Little Mermaid.

Today’s snack is inspired by Sebastain’s famous song “Under the Sea”.

"Under the Sea" kids snack with avocados, oatmeal, strawberries, and cheese.  So fun! | CreativeKidSnacks.com
Create these fun little sea creatures using the following ingredients:

1/2 cup cooked oatmeal

1/4 avocado, sliced

1 strawberry

1/2 slick string cheese

3 grapes

goldfish crackers

1 teaspoon yogurt

Assemble:

Spoon your oatmeal onto the bottom of the plate for the ocean floor.

Next, arrange your avocado slices to look like a beautiful ocean plant.

Slice your strawberry in half so it lies flat on the plate and slice again into 6-8 thin strips to use as the crab’s arms and legs.

Slice 1/2 of your string cheese from the bottom into several small sections.  I think this little guy looks like one of Nemo’s little classmates.  (Now we are cross-referencing Disney movies!).

Slice grapes in half to lay flat onto the plate, and create little tails by slicing remaining portion of grape in half.

Add goldfish crackers.

**Optional: add little eyes to some of the creatures using a food marker

You are now ready to draw your waves at the top of the plate to complete the “Under the Sea” look.  I love to use the following technique:

If you enjoyed today’s snack, you’d also probably like our other Disney inspired snacks as well as our Nature themed plates!

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Filed Under: avocado, cheese, Disney, grapes, movies, music, nature, Uncategorized Tagged With: avocado, cheese, Disney, grapes, movies, music, nature, Oatmeal, Strawberries, super healthy, under the sea

Phineas and Ferb Birthday Party Ideas

March 18, 2013 by Amy Hudson

Lori is a Facebook Fan hosting a birthday party for her son with a Phineas and Ferb theme.  She is looking for creative food to go along with the Phineas and Ferb theme.  There are so many cute ideas for this theme out there, which I’ll mention at the end of this post, but here were the two easiest and cutest ideas I could think of 🙂

Phineas Cheese and Crackers

Create these little Phineas cheese and cracker bites using the following ingredients.

Ingredients: string cheese, triangular Triscuit crackers, spreadable cheese.
Spoon a few teaspoons of spreadable cheese into a disposable plastic baggie.  Snip a tiny corner off of the bag.  Pipe a little cheese onto the cracker to adhere the string cheese eye.  Slice string cheese into wheels.  Place one wheel on each cracker, using the spreadable cheese as “glue”.  Next, pipe hair on the back of the triangle, an eye on the string cheese, and a mouth.  Chill for at least 15 minutes.  Enjoy!

Phineas S'mores for Phineas and Ferb Party

To make these Phineas S’more bites, zap a graham cracker in the microwave at full power for 15 seconds.  Slice into triangles.  Next, melt a bar of Hershey’s chocolate in the microwave for 1 minute in a glass bowl, stirring at 20 second intervals using a rubber spatula.  Spoon melted chocolate into a plastic baggie with a tiny corner sliced off for piping.  Pipe a drop of chocolate onto graham cracker where eye will be.  This will serve as “glue” for the marshmallow eye.  Place a mini marshmallow on the chocolate “glue”, then pipe an eyeball and a smile onto each one.  Chill for at least 15 minutes.  The kids will love this!

**Take these a step further by laying them on wax paper, then piping some melted white chocolate dyed red for Phineas’ hair.  Chill on the wax paper for at least 30 minutes.

There are SO many adorable Phineas and Ferb food creations available out there!  After creating these for your post, Lori, I saw that there lots of fun finger foods out there for you to try.  Here are some of my favorites.

Phineas and Ferb Fruit from Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons

Mini Phineas and Ferb Sandwiches from Hawai’is Bento Box Cookbook

Phineas and Ferb Cookies from DisneyFamily.com

And here are the results for a Pinterest Search of Phineas and Ferb Cakes.  So many cute ideas, Lori!

Have a great party!

Filed Under: Birthday Parties, Disney, Phineas and Ferb, Uncategorized Tagged With: Birthday Parties, Disney, Phineas and Ferb

Tangled

March 11, 2013 by Amy Hudson

My kids love Disney’s Tangled.  If you’ve seen our Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Lion King, Monster’s Inc, “Up” and Peter Pan snacks, you can tell that we are big Disney fans.  Tangled is no exception.

Rapunzel from #Disney's "Tangled" - from creativekidsnacks.com

To create Rapunzel, I sliced 12-14 red grapes in half lengthwise.  I arranged them on the plate to look like her dress.  Making the dress first helps to scale the head, feet, and arms.  Next, cut a slice of white cheese (I used mozzarella) into shape for a neck, feet, arms and head.  I wasn’t ambitious enough to create hands with tiny little fingers using cheese, so I hid her arms behind her hair.  For her lips I used a tiny slice of a grape, two tiny currants for eyes, and a small slice of cheese for her nose.

Next, boil a small handful of thin spaghetti noodles until cooked.  You can make a quick cheese sauce for it if desired, or just use a little olive oil or butter and place it right onto the plate.

Finish the scene with some celery grass and a couple orange tulips made from carrots.

I loved the scene in the movie where Rapunzel feels the grass and the earth for the first time.  This lunch was pattered after that.

Enjoy!

Don’t forget to check out our other Disney snacks: Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Lion King, Monster’s Inc, “Up” and Peter Pan

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Filed Under: carrots, Disney, grapes, movies, pasta Tagged With: carrots, Celery, cheese, Disney, grapes, movies, Rapunzel

Peter Pan Party Ideas

February 15, 2013 by Amy Hudson

It’s time for another party ideas post!  This time, we are helping Deena, who is hosting a Peter Pan / Pirate themed birthday party.

There are so many great ideas out there, and most of them are adorable, tasty, sweets.  I will share some of those ideas later in the post, but we are going to focus on healthier options in our party posts.

(By the way, if you are hosting a kid’s birthday party soon, share the theme and when the party is taking place on our Facebook page, and we will create a post tailored to you with at least 3 healthy, creative ideas for the party).

Peter Pan Birthday Party Food

Peter Pan Veggie Tray

The kids will love to nibble on this Peter Pan Veggie Tray.  Layer cucumbers in the shape of a green shirt with points at the bottom, just like Peter Pan wears.  Add celery for his legs.  I have 3 celery sticks on top of each other in this tray.  Roll several slices of turkey for his face.  Now, give Peter some shoes, arms, and hair using baby carrots as shown.  Finish with a blueberry eye and a smile.  I used summer sausage.  A sure hit!

Apple and Cheese Pirate Ships

Another fun snack to put out at the party are these easy apple and cheese pirate ships.  Slice an apple, then use a plastic toothpick (I get mine from the dollar store), and push it through a slice of colby jack cheese to look like a sail.  Simple and delicious!

Peter Pan Bagel Snacks

Try a “make your own bagel” station with sliced bagels covered with plain cream cheese.  Use cucumbers, thinly sliced carrots, ham, and olives to design your own pirate ship or Peter Pan bagel.

Not feeling adventurous enough to let the kids make their own during the party?  Serve this as lunch for your child the day before the party to build up the anticipation!

(Source: Love and Olive Oil via Amy on Pinterest)

(Source: Love and Olive Oil via Amy on Pinterest)

Place some pixie sticks in a mason jar and label them “Pixie Dust” – such an easy and cute idea!  You can try making your own by clicking the link in the caption or just buy some at the store.

More resources to plan a great Peter Pan Party:

Peter Pan Captain Hook Boy or Girl party via Kara’s Party Ideas

Swoon: Peter Pan Party Reveal Part 1

Swoon: Peter Pan Party Reveal Part 2

 

 

Best of luck with the party, Deena!  Remember to head over to Facebook and share YOUR upcoming party theme with us!

Birthday Party Ideas

Filed Under: Birthday Parties, Disney, movies, Peter Pan, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cheese and Apple Pirate Ships, Disney, movies, Peter Pan Bagels, Peter Pan Birthday Party Food Ideas. Peter Pan Veggie Tray, Pirate Ship Bagels

Mike Wazowski (2 versions)

November 16, 2012 by Amy Hudson

Monsters Inc is one of our favorite Disney Movies.  Mike Wazowski is one of the hilarious characters who works with Sulley.  I have two versions of Mike Wazowski to make for your Monsters Inc fan!

Do you recognize this guy from Monsters Inc.?  Mike Wazowski is made of a honeydew melon sliced and cored.  His eye is made of yogurt, a kiwi, and a blueberry.  His mouth is also made of bluberries.
Monsters Inc is one of the girls’ favorite Disney movies.  It’s one of those that they always watch from start to finish, never once losing interest.  It’s always great to have a few movies like that in the stash!
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Here is another version of Mike, this time with sugar snap peas for the green part of his eye.  I thought that kiwi went better with the yogurt and other fruit in version 1, but loved the green color the sugar snap peas provided in version 2.
I sliced him up in order to make the eating part easier for my little Disney fan.
I can’t WAIT for Christmas season!  I have some really fun posts coming up for you with some ideas for fun snacks to get the kids in the spirit!  Not that they need any help with that!
(Sharing HERE).
What is your child’s favorite Disney movie? 

 

Filed Under: Disney, mike wazowski, movies, Uncategorized, yogurt Tagged With: Disney, mike wazowski, movies, super healthy, yogurt

Lion King Lunch

October 15, 2012 by Amy Hudson

“The Lion King” is one of my personal favorite Disney movies of all time.  We just got a copy for Christmas and the songs “Circle of Life” and “Can you feel the love tonight” are stuck in my head for hours every time we watch it!  Simba and Mufasa are the heroes of the story, so today are creating a lion lunch in their honor.
Create grown-up Simba or Mufasa with some rotini pasta with marinara sauce for the mane, a slice of colby jack cheese for his face, and, strawberries cut in a triangle for his nose and two thin strips for his mouth area!  Add two raisins for his eyes, and you are done.
Serve with some grapes on the side, and enjoy!
Check out our other Disney inspired lunches: Mickey, Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc., Up, and Winnie the Pooh

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Filed Under: animals, books, cheese, Disney, lion, nature, pasta, strawberries Tagged With: animals, Books, cheese, Disney, lion, nature, pasta, Strawberries

Winnie the Pooh

September 24, 2012 by Amy Hudson

We are in love with Costco’s strawberries.  We’ve bought them all summer and they are consistently delicious.
This week I had some strawberries in the house as well as some organic colby jack cheese, also from Costco.  I decided a Winnie the Pooh snack was in order.
Cut cheese to shape using a sharp knife.  I think I used two slices to make this snack, giving the leftover cheese to my two year old.  Next, create a shirt with strawberries sliced in half to lay flat on the plate and fit together to look like a shirt.
Add Pooh’s nose and eyes with some raisins, and draw his mouth and “Hunny” pot using the technique shown below.  Serve the rest of the yogurt on the side, and you have a fun and healthy snack!

(Linked HERE)
 

Filed Under: animals, books, cheese, Disney, movies, raisin, strawberries, TV shows, Winnie the Pooh, yogurt Tagged With: animals, Books, cheese, Disney, movies, raisin, Strawberries, super healthy, TV shows, Winnie the Pooh, yogurt

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